*KEATINGS 100 BEST CRIME AND MYSTERY BOOKS
H. R. F. Keating was the crime books reviewer for the London Times for 15 years, a former chairman of the British CWA, and a past president of the Detection Club. His 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books was published in 1987

*Lehman's Recommended Detective Novels And Stories ( 85 Books )
In his book, The Perfect Murder: A study in Detection (1989), David Lehman provides a list

*Booksellers 100 Favorite Mysteries Of The Twentieth Century ( 96 Books )
Members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association compiled a list released in January 2000

*Bourgeau's Classic Mystery Books ( 209 Books ) In his Mystery Lovers Companion of 1986

*Winks' Personal Favorites In Detective Fiction ( 304 Books )
In the Appendix to his Detective Fiction, A Collection of Critical Essays

*Barzun And Taylor's Classic Crime Novels ( 90 Books )
Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor in their A Catalogue of Crime (Rev. & Enl. Edition, 1989)

*Haycraft-queen Cornerstones, A Definitive Library Of Detective, Crime And Mystery Fiction 1748-1952 ( 182 Books )
In 1941, Howard Haycraft compiled a list of detective stories for a book entitled Murder for Pleasure

*Symons 100 Best Crime Stories ( 100 Books )
Julian Symons was awarded the British CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement

*Lachman's One Hundred Notable American Novels Of Detection ( 100 Books )
In his A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection (1993)

*Oleksiw's 100 Classic British Mystery Novels ( 108 Books )
In A Readers Guide to the Classic British Mystery (1988)